Tag Archives: Health
NewsAlert: COVID chosen Canadian Press news story of the year for 2020
TORONTO - The deadly virus that swept Canada this year dominated headlines as it killed thousands of Canadians, sickened tens of thousands of others and prompted profound social and economic dislocati...
Dec 15, 2020
Stricter public health measures starting Thursday
The Government of Saskatchewan will be implementing new public health measures on Dec. 17, 19 and 25. It says COVID-19 cases continue to cause significant, on-going community transmission and are incr...
Dec 14, 2020
Province records over 100 new COVID-19 cases in North
Over a hundred new COVID-19 cases were reported in the province's North as the Saskatchewan Health Authority urges those in that area of the province to refrain from travelling.Today, two individuals ...
Dec 14, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ontario administers first COVID-19 vaccine in Toronto
TORONTO - Ontario has administered the provinces' first COVID-19 vaccination to a health-care worker from a Toronto nursing home.Anita Quidangen, a personal support worker at the Rekai Centre, receive...
Dec 14, 2020
SHA temporarily closes Naicam health clinic
Naicam Primary Health Care Clinic is temporarily closed.The Saskatchewan Healthy Authority (SHA) announced the closure would take in effect immediately as of Thursday, Dec. 10. The SHA cited a staffin...
Dec 10, 2020
Vaccine delivery plan provides 'much-needed hope' for seniors in the northeast
The Saskatchewan government announced their COVID-19 vaccine delivery plan on Wednesday resulting in some much-needed hope around the province.Priority populations will be vaccinated later this month ...
Dec 10, 2020
Health workers report burnout amid second wave, ask public to obey health rules
VANCOUVER - Sophia Gabiniewicz is well accustomed to dealing with stress as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. But she says it rose to a new level as th...
Dec 10, 2020
Five more COVID-19 deaths, 11 in last two days in Saskatchewan
Five Regina zone residents who previously tested positive for COVID-19 have died, the province announced on Wednesday. All five were in the 80+ age group. There have now been 11 COVID-19 deaths report...
Dec 09, 2020
HDHF received $100,000 donation from Humboldt Good Neighbour Store
The Humboldt District Hospital Foundation (HDHF) has received a massive, $100,000 donation from the Humboldt Good Neighbour Store.The Good Neighbour Store in Humboldt takes donated items from the publ...
Dec 08, 2020
Six more COVID-19 deaths, half of all fatalities in last 17 days
Six more people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died in this province. It marks the largest one day increase in the number of deaths in Saskatchewan since the pandemic began. There has now been ...
Dec 08, 2020